Restructuring Leadership For School Improvement And Reform

Author : Abdallah, Asma Khaleel,Alkaabi, Ahmed M.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781668478196

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Restructuring Leadership for School Improvement and Reform by Abdallah, Asma Khaleel,Alkaabi, Ahmed M. Pdf

The quality of school leadership has a big impact on improvement and inspection outcomes. Good school leaders ensure that their teachers have the resources they need to be successful. They also create a positive culture where teachers feel supported and appreciated. This leads to better morale and higher retention rates. Additionally, good school leaders can effectively communicate the school's vision to all stakeholders. This ensures that everyone is on the same page and working towards the same goals. Restructuring Leadership for School Improvement and Reform investigates cooperation, staff development, resource supply, vision transparency, workplace stress management, and professional development for school leaders as methods for creating a healthy school culture. This premier reference source is ideal for administrators, instructional designers, researchers, academicians, scholars, practitioners, instructors, and students.

Author : Joseph Murphy
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2005-01-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781483304113

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Connecting Teacher Leadership and School Improvement by Joseph Murphy Pdf

Increase student learning by developing teacher leaders! Research over the years has consistently identified leadership as a critical component of school change, and as initiatives to reform the educational system have emerged, one significant line of work emphasizes teachers assuming greater leadership roles within their organizations. Connecting Teacher Leadership and School Improvement is the first book to synthesize theoretical, empirical, and practice-based literature to provide a comprehensive look at what is known about teacher leadership and what works to support it. The first part of the book explores the core concepts of teacher leadership, while the second part shows readers how to establish the context in their school or district to cultivate and support teacher leaders. A vital piece of equipment in the school improvement toolbox, this book covers such important topics as: The principal′s critical role in supporting teacher leadership Cultivating teacher leadership through professional development Overcoming organizational barriers that hinder teacher leadership How teacher leadership can help advance school improvement efforts Presenting a comprehensive model of this successful change strategy, author Joseph Murphy examines the ideological and empirical basis of teacher leadership and offers strategies to help teachers and principals create productive relationships that will strengthen our nation′s schools.

Author : Desmond Blackburn
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780595528264

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Socio-Cultural Leadership by Desmond Blackburn Pdf

While many factors influence the success rate of schools, none are more influential than the impact of effective local school leadership by way of a principal. Socio-Cultural Leadership suggests many aspects that impact effective school leadership; however none are more substantial than the following tenets of Socio-Cultural Leadership: As the instructional leader, the principal must supervise and evaluate instruction to make sure that students are given optimal learning opportunities. As the emotional leader, the principal must ensure that teachers are intellectually equipped, emotionally stimulated, and encouraged to assume decision-making positions of leadership in schools to increase student achievement. As a community leader, the principal must inspire and/or provide incentives for student-centered communal learning. As the facilitator of culture, the principal must also realize the limitations of leadership on student achievement and begin to shape and reshape school culture. Socio-Cultural Leadership is the result of a four-year-long immersion into school improvement efforts from around the world, not to mention my own experiences as a teacher, assistant principal, principal, district trainer, director of school improvement, and adjunct professor.

Author : Marshall Sashkin,John Egermeier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105026423637

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School Change Models and Processes by Marshall Sashkin,John Egermeier Pdf

This report examines a 30-year history of educational change to identify differing perspectives, strategies, and useful principles. The three most influential perspectives in educational change are the rational-scientific perspective, which proposes that change is created through the dissemination of innovative techniques; the political perspective, which generates change through legislation and other directives outside the school district; and the cultural perspective which seeks improvement through value changes in organizations. There are four strategies for implementing change: fix the parts, fix the people, fix the schools, and fix the system. Systemic education reform offers new hope because it brings together the technical knowledge needed for improvement with a locally sensitive education strategy. Through the Goals 2000 Initiative, the U.S. Department of Education supports reform efforts within the framework of the six National Education Goals. The Department and the Office of Educational Research and Improvement support standards-based assessment techniques. They also assist states in developing curriculum frameworks and help disseminate sound research and practice-based knowledge. A reference bibliography, illustrative programs, and additional sources are included. (JPT)

Author : Lew Smith
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781412949514

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Schools That Change by Lew Smith Pdf

Through specific examples, qualitative research, and portraiture, the author illustrates how and why some schools are able to achieve significant, sustainable change while others cannot.

Author : Tony Townsend
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134785643

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Restructuring and Quality: Issues for Tomorrow's Schools by Tony Townsend Pdf

The restructuring of schools systems across the world has been controversial. Have reforms been driven by a desire to cut educational budgets or the need to improve the quality of educational provision? This book explores the restructuring movement, with a particular emphasis on how decentralisation of power has affected the quality of education. It provides a broad and international picture of educational reform.

Author : Joseph Blase,Dana Yon Phillips
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781412979979

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Handbook of School Improvement by Joseph Blase,Dana Yon Phillips Pdf

Capturing insights from 20 successful principals, this illuminating book presents real-world strategies that help school leaders refine their administrative skills and generate dramatic improvements in schoolwide achievement.

Author : Nina Bascia,Andy Hargreaves
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317973553

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The Sharp Edge of Educational Change by Nina Bascia,Andy Hargreaves Pdf

The Sharp Edge of Educational Change conveys the realities of reform as they affect educators' practice. The collected chapters each focus on particular current reform and reveal the technical and logistical complications, social and political dynamics, cognitive disjunctures and limitations, and emotional demands of reform. In so doing, they provide new and rich conceptual perspectives on the contemporary nature of teachers' and administrators' work in classrooms, schools and other educational settings.

Author : Alma Harris,Janet Hageman Chrispeels
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000948776

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Improving Schools and Educational Systems by Alma Harris,Janet Hageman Chrispeels Pdf

School improvement has become a dominant feature of educational reform in many countries. The pressure upon schools to improve performance has resulted in a wide-range of improvement programmes and initiatives which can provide both inspiration and advice to everyone involved in school improvement. This book draws together the most effective school improvement projects from around the world in one comprehensive text, including detailed comparative analysis of a wide variety of initiatives. Drawing on examples from the UK, the USA, Canada, South Africa and Australia this book gives both an international snapshot and a coherent synthesis of initiatives that have given achievable results.

Author : Kathryn Riley,Karen Seashore Louis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134586707

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Leadership for Change and School Reform by Kathryn Riley,Karen Seashore Louis Pdf

School reform is a top priority for governments today. This timely and challenging book, edited by leading international researchers, Kathryn Riley and Karen Seashore Louis, offers a rich comparative perspective on leadership for change and school reform. Contributors form North America, Europe and Australia demonstrate how school leadership is influenced by global pressures, differing national and state contexts and local concerns. They illustrate the limitations of reform initiatives which focus on school leaders tot he exclusion of the many other organisations which affect school, such as national and local governments, professional associations and school communities. This book raises some important questions such as: *How can school leaders create intelligent, thinking schools? *How can leadership and learning be linked together? *What are the characteristics of effective local education authorities and school districts? *What is the role of teacher organisations in educational reform and change? *What happens if businesses, teachers, parents and local communities have different views of what makes a good school? The text illustrates the ways in which leadership is rooted in learning, and identifies new directions for school leadership. It challenges conventional notions of leadership, offering an expanded view, which sees leadership just as an individual role-based function, but as a network of relationships among people, structures and cultures. This lively and provocative book should be read by all those interested in education reform.

Author : Cherie B. Gaines
Publisher : Information Age Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Educational leadership
ISBN : 1641136030

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Leadership for School Improvement by Cherie B. Gaines Pdf

"As the inaugural issue in the Leadership for School Improvement (LSI) Special Interest Group (SIG) Book Series, this volume serves as a reflection on the foundations of the field of school improvement. Contents include connections between school improvement and the agency of principals, districts, universities, and policy. This volume will be placed in the school improvement literature with examinations of evolution, trends, policies, and future foci in the field of school improvement. This book is rich in research and literature about school improvement, school effectiveness, and school reform policy and implementation and thus holds significance for educational practitioners, scholars, and policy makers at all levels"--

Author : Dimmock, Clive,O'Donoghue, Tom
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317948988

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School Restructuring by Dimmock, Clive,O'Donoghue, Tom Pdf

This is an examination of restructuring in the context of the curriculum and teaching and learning. International case studies are provided from the USA, Hong Kong, Australia and the UK.

Author : Jeannette R. Olson,Diana F. Ryan,Charles M. Reigeluth
Publisher : Educational Technology
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Educational change
ISBN : 0877782911

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Public School Restructuring by Jeannette R. Olson,Diana F. Ryan,Charles M. Reigeluth Pdf

Author : Richard F. Elmore,Penelope L. Peterson,Sarah J. McCarthey
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1996-03-15
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015031859765

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Restructuring in the Classroom by Richard F. Elmore,Penelope L. Peterson,Sarah J. McCarthey Pdf

Restructuring in the Classroom goes into the classrooms of three elementary schools to take a detailed look at how teachers responded to changes in structure in their schools. The authors interviewed principals, teachers, parents, support staff, and district personnel to produce in-depth case studies of schools at various stages of restructuring, showing what the school had done to change its structure and how those changes had occurred. Selecting four teachers in each school for closer observation and discussion, the authors reveal how those teachers responded to the changes around them in their day-to-day practice in the classroom. They show, for example, how teaching practice is or is not affected by changes in the way students are grouped for learning, in the way teachers relate to groups of students and to each other, and in the way time is allocated to subject matter.

Author : Phillip C. Schlechty
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1990-02-15
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015061022532

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Schools for the 21st Century by Phillip C. Schlechty Pdf

"Schlechty's common-sense approach to restructuring is combined with a strategic planner's vision and the translation of beliefs into action... A wide audience, including principals and superintAndents, can find in this book practical outlines for restructuring, and a distinctive and focused view of their role in the educational system sof the twenty-first century." --The School Administrator Schlechty provides an innovative, adaptable framework for helping leaders in all areas of education to identify where change is needed in order to make schools more useful and responsive to children and society.